Ohio State study shows oral HPV infection is three times more common in men than women:

New research shows that men are three times more likely to have an oral human papilloma virus (HPV) infection than women. The findings help explain why HPV-related oral cancers are three times more common in men than women. Scientists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James), led the study, which was published online by the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with presentation of the findings at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium in Phoenix, Ariz.

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